CJP’s History of Mob Violence Can’t Be Ignored, Cops Tell Supreme Court; Home Secretary Apologises
Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan asked the court to drop contempt proceedings and allow internet shutdowns when statutory safeguards are met.
- On Thursday, the Centre submitted an "unconditional and unqualified" apology to the Supreme Court regarding non-compliance with an October 9 order, as Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan urged the court to drop contempt proceedings.
- Authorities had imposed restrictions including closing 57 metro stations and suspending cellular internet for one day in a four-kilometre radius around Raisina Hill, which Mohan cited as necessary for public order during Cockroach Janta Party protests.
- Following Supreme Court instructions to minimize inconvenience to Delhiites, the government excluded Wi-Fi and broadband from the cellular internet suspension, though Mohan requested the court revise its October 11 order.
- Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi will hear a plea today from Congress leader Rahul Gandhi requesting an independent audit of the nationwide Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- The Cockroach Janta Party announced a fresh protest in Delhi's Connaught Place on October 16, calling for "Lehra do Tiranga" to continue their campaign against the Chief Election Commissioner.
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Home Secretary tenders 'unconditional' apology to SC over non-compliance with October 9 restrictions in Delhi
In his apology to the Supreme Court, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan said that the Delhi Police had sought a one-day cellular internet suspension because of the situation in the national capital. Further, the curbs were not imposed on broadband and WiFi connections, he said.
Union Home Secretary Tenders Unconditional Apology to SC over Alleged Non-compliance with Order on Delhi Restrictions
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan has tendered an unconditional and unqualified apology to the Supreme Court in response to a contempt notice, submitting that there was no wilful or deliberate non-compliance with the court's October 9 order on restrictions imposed in Delhi. India News | Union Home Secretary Tenders Unconditional Apology to SC over Alleged Non-compliance with Order on Delhi Re…
Centre tells SC Delhi internet shutdown was necessary, denies contempt
The Central government has told the Supreme Court that the temporary suspension of mobile internet services in parts of central Delhi during the October 10 protest was necessary to maintain public order and was not a wilful violation of its directions
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